Ljuba Welitsch has been played on NTS shows including The Opera Show, with Ah! Ich Habe Deinen Mund Geküsst first played on 29 November 2016.

Ljuba Welitsch (Bulgarian: Люба Величкова, born 10 July 1913, Borissovo, Bulgaria - died 2 September 1996, Vienna, Austria) was a celebrated Bulgarian, later Austrian, operatic soprano.

She studied singing at Sofia Conservatory with professor Georgi Zlatev-Cherkin. After specializing in Vienna, she first appeared in Sofia in 1936. Engagements followed in Graz, Hamburg, Munich and finally at the Vienna State Opera.

Known for her red hair and exuberant vivacity, her most famous role was that of Salome, which she performed under the composer,…